1 Timothy 5:11

But the younger widows do thou reject; for they wax wanton against the Messiah, and desire to be married:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

In Context

10and hath a reputation for good works; if she have trained up children, if she have entertained strangers, if she have washed the feet of saints, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have walked in every good work.

12and their condemnation is fixed, because they have cast off their former faith.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:39A woman, while her husband liveth, is bound by the law; but if her husband sleepeth in death, she is free to marry whom she pleaseth, yet only in the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:9Therefore elect thou the widow, who is not less than sixty years old, and who hath been the wife of one man,

James 5:5For ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and revelled, and feasted your bodies as in a day of slaughter.

Revelation 18:7As much as she pleased herself with lasciviousness, so much of anguish and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow;

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:4-17

Directions Concerning Widows. ( a. d. 64.) 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8 But if any provide not… Read the whole commentary →

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